Revealed: How undercover agents spied on anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota

Published August 25, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

One agent’s aim was to ‘gather intelligence regarding any organized networks of conspirators’

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Newly disclosed records reveal how undercover federal agents posed as concerned community members to spy on residents and activists who opposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) crackdown in Minnesota.

Details

Internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) files, disclosed in federal court and reviewed by the Guardian, document the actions of several undercover agents, including one who went by the username “peanutbutterjelly” in Signal chats with activists. The documents show that the officer kept records of Signal conversations, screenshotting chats about protest plans, and offering to help with fundraising efforts and volunteer recruitment.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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